Paris, ID 83283 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paris, ID, ZIP 83283
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/17, roughly 293 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/03, about 77 frost-free days later.
Paris sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Paris has about 1 week left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 06/17 isn't a guarantee
06/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 07/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paris compares
At roughly 77 frost-free days, Paris places 40,079 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within ID, it ranks 294 of 320.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Paris's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Paris's dates instead of trusting one.